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1984 Battle of Amritsar - June 2: Inside Perspectives

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June

2022

"Let us join hands together to heal wounds… to all sections of Panjabis, I appeal - don’t shed blood, shed hatred.” - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, during a live broadcast “But the Prime Minister had already decided she would shed blood if necessary.” - Mark Tully (BBC Journalist), Amritsar, Mrs.Gandhi's Last Battle Learn about the impact of 1984: https://sikhri.org/tags/june-1984

"Let us join hands together to heal wounds… to all sections of Panjabis, I appeal - don’t shed blood, shed hatred.”
- Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, during a live broadcast

“But the Prime Minister had already decided she would shed blood if necessary.”
- Mark Tully (BBC Journalist), Amritsar, Mrs.Gandhi's Last Battle

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1984 is in my DNA

Thirty-three years ago the world’s fourth largest army marched into Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar, India.

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